Cinnamon Jewellery

I made a start on the mammoth task of sorting out my bead boxes the other day. I currently have seven bead boxes so keeping all my lovely beads tidy and sorted is quite important, what a shame it doesn't actually happen! I start off with good intentions but new arrivals fail to find a proper home and stay in the bags for months until I do a "sort out". At least I've made a start now and listed 13 lots yesterday in my  Folksy  shop. I'm pleased to say all of the semi-precious and the abalone shell beads have sold already but I still have some pretty beads and a TierraCast SP toggle going for very reasonable prices! Having a sort out does have it's up-side ~ All those gaps I'm going to have in my bead boxes by the time I've finished will just HAVE to be filled! Bead shops here I come :D ~: Still for sale :~ Small Lucite Flowers Large Lucite Flowers Mixed Glass Heart Beads - great for Valentine's Day! Mixed Hematite Beads Lampwork G...

Selling my handmade jewellery on Folksy  is great fun and gives me the opportunity to browse the many fabulous shops on the UK's best handmade selling site. I've been busy recently on the Folksy spending front and here's what I've been buying.......... A Macintosh-style copper mirror from  The Owl And The Pussycat I've had my eye on this for a while and after a good few weeks of sales decided to treat myself! Oilcloth purse from Luvlii  - very handy to keep some of my jewellery pliers in English Yew Wooden Bottle Stopper from  Diggi Woodturning A Christmas present for my Dad! Polymer Clay Wee Westie and Hedgehog Beads from the very talented Kirsten of QuernusCrafts A present for my Auntie (hope she doesn't check out my blog and see this!) Very pretty Golden Bird card from Lilly's Night Garden Embroidered Notebook Cover from the lovely Fiona of fionaT   

It was a nice surprise to see a of pair my earrings in the Featured Items on the front page of Folksy yesterday. There's a lovely selection of jewellery there at the moment and my Turquoise Lampwork and Sterling Silver earrings featured quickly sold (thank you Folksy!) They've now been replaced with another pair of my earrings - this Sterling Silver abstract design pair

Noticing my supply of Liver of Sulphur chunks was running low recently I thought I'd better order some more. I've found getting hold of the chunks quite hard recently so I was interested to see my usual supplier Joy Funnel of ArtClayUK  on eBay was now stocking Liver Of Sulphur XL Gel. It's a stable gel form with an extended life hence "XL" which is ideal as the chunks tend to lose their effect after a couple of months and must be kept away from moisture. I've used the liquid form of Liver Of Sulphur once before which is available from Kernowcraft  in the UK, £2.95 for 10ml but found it wasn't very economical and the results could be a bit patchy, so I was interested to see how I would get on with the XL Gel. The XL Gel from ArtClayUK costs £6.95 for 30ml and comes in a plastic bottle with a nozzle top. I tend to oxidise maybe five or six pieces of jewellery at a time (I can't face polishing up more than that at once!) and the tiniest amount wil...

Last Tuesday one of the things I dread happened and I lost my internet connection. Not a good thing when you sell online and especially at this time of year!  A phone call to my ISP informed me "everything's alright our end, you need to get BT to check your line". BT checked the line - it was fine so I reinstalled the modem drivers (yet again) but still no connection. Another phone call to my ISP and they suggested replacing the microfilters - "they only cost a couple of quid" the man said, actually they cost £10.99 each from Comet so needless to say I didn't buy them! So after yet another phone call to my ISP they said they would send me a new modem - which still hasn't arrived! In the meantime I had people I needed to email so resorted to using my mobile to get on the internet. Oh my God - how slow! Fine if you've got three other things to do at the same time as waiting for a page to load, they were taking at least five minutes. I did mana...

Are you looking for something different to give this Christmas? Fed up of the mass-produced stuff on the high street? Why not give handmade! Giving handmade means your gift will be unique and original, made by a skilled crafter who loves what they do. Show your love and give handmade this year! Nature Lover Ceramic Necklace  by Go2Girl on Artfire Kila, the artist behind Go2Girl creates earthy, handmade original necklaces, bracelets, earrings and accessories. Her designs are inspired by nature.

     The Folksy Festive Sampler is now available to view online and what a lovely surprise to find one of my copper bracelets on the front cover! There are lots of handmade lovelies to be found in the Sampler and on Folksy so if you're stuck for what to buy this Christmas and fancy something unique, original and handmade why not take a look below -